8 British teenagers have swine flu in Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Eight British school students have been hospitalized in northeast Romania with swine flu, an embassy official said Friday. Embassy communications officer Raluca Bragarea said the group arrived in Romania on June 25 as part of an annual exchange program to work with disabled children in the northeast city of Iasi. The British teens, aged 16-18, are in a group of 19 students and three teachers from the private Sevenoaks School in Kent. The eight were hospitalized at the weekend. They are currently in isolation at Iasi's Hospital for Infectious Diseases. British Ambassador Robin Barnett and other... [read full story]                    

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